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Irish Drinking Culture

The Irish are famous around the globe for their fondness for drinking alcohol and having some of the finest beers, stouts, ales, and whiskeys in the world which are famous throughout. So straight to it lets look at some of the better known Irish drinks.
Guinness

Guinness Irish Stout

Guinness Irish DrinkGuinness is probably the most popular stout in the world and even when it's mentioned a connection to Ireland is automatically assumed by anyone. Although Guinness is so popular its really does take an acquired taste for anyone to drink a full pint of the black stuff. For those who drink several pints in one sitting only knows too well what the day after will bring and we are not just referring to the hangover.

Irish whiskey

Irish whiskey is probably the best and finest whiskey one can find anywhere on earth due to the time it takes to create the spirit, its price and its overall taste. Some of the best Irish whiskeys that are more popular would be Bushmills whiskey, Jameson whiskey and Tullamore Dew (personal favorite) which is found in every bar in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Another popular drink finding its fame across the world is Bailey Irish cream with its smooth yet powerful taste.

Irish Poteen

Also a more popular Irish drink in Ireland and almost unknown anywhere else is the illegal spirit called poteen, or at least what used to be illegal. Irish poteen is an extremely powerful Irish drink that only the most hardened drinker in Ireland dares to drink, its so strong that its known to cause blindness and sometime even kill people who end up suffering from alcohol poisoning, the reason why it was illegal in Ireland to brew poteen.

Irish Car Bomb

Popular in America is something called an "Irish Car Bomb" or "Eager Bomb" which is basically a half pint of Guinness with a shot of whiskey, baileys Irish cream dropped into the pint and is supposed to be downed in one mouthful. Lets get rid of the fiction here, this is not an Irish drink in Ireland and was created by someone within the United States, very few places in Ireland have heard of this cocktail and if they had they will probably refuse to serve it. You can watch the video on how to make an Irish car bomb.

Most Irish people who drink Guinness in a popular fashion will see this cocktail as an insult to the pint of stout which shouldn't be modified in anyway.

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